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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1924-3-13, Page 2—AND TH geeelle WORST ,SIS YET TO COME ALTG;jTING TIM, ,WHI.a' LS. The purchases of nese cars are in- requent enough for us to forget the. ieer.perienees • with previous purchases. It is inadvisable to be to certain of the correctiv^eness of every,,detail., of the ear, for sometimes the alignment+ of the wheels, is overlooked, and this detail ie not brought out until the' costly + reminder of ground -off treads' brings this forcibly to the owner's at-} tendon. •• Here is a simple method, the owner can use to his own economical advan-' tage tocheck the alignment. Drive the car against the side of a smooth, straight curbing, not rapidly, butl. rather glide the car to a stop with the right wheels resting closely and even- ly in position. The wheels • on this aide are then lined evenly, and for purposes of testing con be disregard- ed from further consideration. Use a piece of heavy twine to check the oppositewheels, by tying one end to a rear wheel spoke, andpulling it taut directly across the front wheel, and fird which surface comes in con- tact with the tightly drawn string er firat. It is permissible for the front of the tire to be one-eighth inch in- side the rear edge. • More than this must be corrected. de sl causing preeignitiQn and, leneek-.( ing it makes the"Vslves. leak atfdose compressionand 'power; W and makes the engine overheat, ,which causes a further loss of power, Excessive bluieh-white smoke from the exhaust pipe Is a symptom of trouble ap- proaching, slowly but inevitably. HARD STARTING. Often a flivver engine will be hard to start after a cold night. This trouble is caused by congealed oil be- tween the clutch disks, and the rem - y d is tm leave • the engine in high ar after it has been stopped for the '„ht. This has a tendency to force • oil out from between the disks, ' heavy oil can also cause this �.NGER IN TOO MUCH OIL. C o much oil in a car will cause the i:ie to smoke; it soots up the plugs, nm _ng the engine miss explosions; it ••uulatee in the head of the cylin- HAT MAKES PACKING. From the felt of en old hat washers may be made for packing the sniffing box=es of the water,punzp, These are made mora effective if the felt has been boiled in a mixture of. tallow and plumbago.• COTTER PIN SERTION. A cotter pin can be worked .into a hale much. ,easier. if one end of the 'pin is shortened. SIMPLE KNOCK FINDER. An old baking powder can and a piece of three -sixteenths -inch cold rolled steel or drill rod will make an excellent knock detector. The device is constructed by threading the rod at one end for about one inch and then holeato receive the rod is drilled in the centre of the bottom of the can. Thread a nut onto the rod and then place a washer against the nut, insert �e, $alesrr a an d `its cities When the Canadian National Instje tate • for the :Blind ',was . eetehlished, early ,,in 1918, it was faced with the tremendous problem of not only locate ing civiiien blind scattered throughout Canada, but of 1aying the foundations for "industrial , 'and other ` forms of training, andemployment, it vee a eolnparatively simple operation to se- lect ;/rain 'among the blind those who were capable of entering factories, taking training and remaining for employment. For those"who'could'not. be employed in factories; however, owing to domestic or other reasons, it was necessary to furnish training in those occupations that might be car- ried or in the home. The method` of furnishing this ,training through home teachers has been explained in a pre- viois article. The hoose teachers. be- gan their operations in the summer of 1918 and as a result of their efforts, and the growing skill of their pupils it was found necessary to establish early in 1919 a supply department to furnish raw materials and a sales de- partment to receive and market their. finished products, Such a department was organized in the spring of 1919 and termed "The Salesroom." THE SALESROOM AND ITS FUNCTIONS. For purposes of description and in line with: the nature sub=division ` of the work of this department, we shall consider it under the two headings: 1st, Raw Material Section, and 2nd, FinishedSection. Sales Products 1. RAW MAATERIAL SECTION" AND ITS FUNCTIONS. This section was organized for' the purpose of purchasing hi quantities and therefore at `wholesale prices, those raw materials requiredeby blind home workers and selling to the indi- vidual in the small quantities desired from time to time without charging meant Thisne ` n administration. for a Y that the individual could secure suit- able qualities, convenient quantities, and prompt attention to orders, no matter how ';small, at prices which were on the average much lower than those that could be secured elsewhere. This represented a great convenience the rod into the hole in the can and fasten into position with another 'washer and nut. Finally solder the lid of the can in position. and, the de- vice is completed. Holding the can against the ear and the rod against the engine will permit locating the knock. MENACE OF TREAD CUTS. Watch for the Iittle tread cuts in tire casings. If the cuts are neglect- ed, the flexing action of the tire will. enlarge and dirt, grime and moisture will be forced through by the elastic tread rubber as the wheel; revolve. Foreign matter will deteriorate, chafe and weaken the carcass. Kokanee Glacier Park. he scenic beauty of the mountain •,, districts of Southern British Co r:nbia'has been known.'to the travel- ler for many years, but until recently no attempt had been made by either the Provincial or Federal Government to Set aside land for the creation of a park in that area. However, recogniz- ing the need of such a park, British Columbia recently created the- Koka- nee Glacier Park, in the -Kootenay Dis- trlet. No better location could have ua}n select-: `i ark's' rugged landscape, its great area 'of eternal lee, its. l;»eautdful.,lakes 'and its magnifi- cent waterfalls make the area one of the scenic gems, of Canada. The park contains an area of- 100 +square miles, 50 square miles of which are ever` 7,000 feet in elevation and 85 revere miles over •6,00° feet, It is literally studded with. mountain peaks, the highest being over 9,000 feet. There are seven main glaciers, the largeet of which is • 8 square miles in areal', . In addition there are thirty lakes about,6,500 feet in elevation, the largest being Ko -kat ee Lake and Kaslo Lake. There are no higher mountains for hundreds of miles to the e�outb, peal or west, while to the north may be seen the high peaks of the Selkirk Mountains and their hundreds of gla eters, The accessibility of the Park will in x.11 probability result in a large num- bar of motoring tourists visiting the area, The tourist can leave the City of Nelson and drive e distance of 20 miles, of which 12 miles are along the beautiful north shore lake drive, toy the entrance of the Park at the Molly Gibson Mine concentrator on Kokanee Creek. It,can also be entered from Kash, and Slocan Lake points, but to avoid delays and inconveniences it is preferable that one enter from Nelson: Ones in the Park,` the motorist -will told excellent roade, as well as camp- ing sites located at convenient points. To the vo'ationlet desiring to get cut in the open and roughing it, Ko. karma Park is an ideal place, It is a fisherman's paradise. The lakes and streams. are teeming with bass, trout, perch and ether species. There is age oelient mountain climbing, booth for the novice and the expert, while the hunter will find; here splendid npeoi. Koerte of b game. �' 'The opening of the Bani-Winderr'- niers Highway Fast July already has The Wind. Of all the phenomena, ,of nature the wind seems to be the one. that is most strikingly endowed with personality. Sunlight, starlight; moonlight, thunder and lightning, rain and snow- ethere le expressiveness in no wfda' rause of ; any of them. But the wind has moods 'and a many-sided character; indeed there is nohumanemotion, ne virtue and no vice, of the human soul, that does not find its representation or its symbol in the> blowing of the: wind, sage, a. writer in :Youth's, Companion. The insane,. destructive fury of man- kind at war has its counterpart iu the tornado and the•hurricane. Violent gales, though less demoniac in temper, had a noticeable effect on the tourist show occasional outbursts of brutality traffic from, the prairies and the 'corresponding to those that human be - United States to the Canadian Rockies. During 1921-22, when the road was in- complete, approximately 115.000` peo- ple visited the Rocky Mountain parks. With the road completed and facilities for motorists greatly improved, this number, during the coming year, should be .greatly augmented, and as Kokanee Park Is only a few miles off the main highway, no doubt it will be visited by thousands of people from these people will admit that now,it has and "across the line." the Prairies _ ings som.etiniee exhibit.•' Then, there are the mean-spirited, ill-natured gusts that do spiteful, malicious things and play disagreeable practical jokes; ex- periencing them, we feel that the wind is at heart a vindictive bully. At other times it is. better disposed, not. yet quite amiable—boisterously humorous, usually at the, expense of people' who 'dislike boisterous humor. But,. even Travel. It is not the mileage to and fro, hither and yon, that entitles a man to regard :himself as a traveler. If he goes, as Shakespeare would put ;it, with his eyes open but their sense shut, he' might as well stay at home' for all that he will'think and all that he will truly see. "You must see not merely with the eye but through the eye," said a sage counsellor of young men, Round and round the globe and. over and over the seven seas, trains, boats and airships are transporting some people who are little better than ani- mate packages of merchandise so far as their reaction to their panoramic environment is concerned. ' They tell us they have been many times to this place or that; 'but it does not appear from what they say or from what they seem to be that they were richly educated or profoundly influenced in any way by the experience. When you sea how little some peo- ple have done with the chances they had, you feel what a pity it ie that others, who would have made much of thein, did not have those chances instead. It is extrabrdinary how cer- tain persons who stayed home and studied know Europe and Asia to -day better than certain others vrho yielded to the wanderlust and roamed afar. He who uses his faculties for • all they are worth can make the tour of the block and -come back with: the ma- terial out of which a genius like 0.. Henry could make a short story. The same things were there for everybody else who came along; but everybody else passed unnoticed. the most fruitful expiating One of p g expeditions any man can conduct is in the devious bypaths and the hidden fastnesses of his own being. . ( working o got .rid of its malice and is merely prankish' and not above praying the clown When the wind ceasea'to be aggres sive it becomes gentle, confiding, sym- pathetic, affectionate; it soothes and caresses, it stimulates and refreshes. It seems then to have the most agree- able personality of all the force's in the natural' world. To °the pcet's imagina- tion it becomes a lover murmuring en- dearments to his'lady, or a mother herbabe or an old singing a lullaby to , nurse crooning softly to a child. The wind -is like people; it cannot always be at',its best. And however much we may object to it and denounce it or long for and welcome it, of one,, fact we may be sure: we can never do anything about • it, to the blind individual, since he was not. of necessity held up through in- ability to secure the rawmaterials de - ti or he ke tin uncertainty as to the quality or price of the materials desired; also he felt that even though he were located in some scattered settlement in the' far north, east or west, he could secure his raw material's almost as' promptly Novels in a Nutshell. Mach has been written in criticism of English, French and Russell novels, but never have their essential natures been so crisply described as in these paragraphs of anonymous origin: An English novel is a book in which two people want each ether in the first chapter, but do' not. get each other un- til the last chapter. A. French novel is a book in which two people get each other right in the first chapter and from then on to the last chapter don't want each other any more. met a; A Russian novel is. one in which two people"neither'want each other nor get each other, and round that fact four hundred and .fifty profoundly melan- choly pages are written. of workmanship, eta., he receives cash. The Saleroom then applies the neces- eery finish in g the -wqy of enamel, paint, stain," varnish, and disposes di- rectly.or takes into stock for future disposal. 'In this way the quality of workmanship, etc., appearing , in artllces produced by the blind honte Worker is kept up to standard and the 'IIXdSh which may be required by the trade possesses an excellence which cannot be -surpassed on the con- tinent. The demand for .these pro- ducts is constantly growing as the public become educated to the fact that blind people tail produce excel- lent products of a utilitarian char- acter and.- that these artieles possess, the necessary splendid and durable finish. In its service to the blind, this branchfelt that to build up perman- ent connection and demand, it was necessary to lend every ei%rt toward the secural of attractive finish. RAW MATERIAL SECTION=HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT. This section, from its small begin- ning in 1919, has now d'evelemed.to'a point, where its monthly sales of raw materials amount to , nearly twelve hundred dollars. On the average oveie one hundred andtwenty-five blind people purchase raw materials direct- ly and steadily through this source. From the small beginning in 1919 with but a few sizes of reed for bas- ketry,'yarns for knitting, and cordage for string bag making, we'have now reached a point where over thirt y i. lines of materials and articles, are stocked, including reeds, willows, rat- tans, yarns, cordage, thread, self- threading needles, needle threaders` for machine work, bases for trays and baskets, ete., basket models, etc. 13e - side this , w h 1 d stocks sl es rs a have also secured o of Braille watches for hien •and wa• men, typewriters especially adapted, • l writing machines tools and Braille wnt ng , other appliances necessary to blind people in their every day life., FINISHED PRODUCTS SALES SECTION AND' ITS, HISTORY. �. This branch, from its early start in '1919, with a few consignors, has now reached,a most important stage. Dur- ing the year ending March 31st, 1920, products to -the approximate value of four. hundred dollars were received from home workers. For the year ending March 81st, 1921, these had reached a value of eight thousand dol- lars; by March 31st, 1922, seventeen thousand dollars, and for the year' ending March 31st, '1923, 'thirty-three and certainly as cheaply as the indi thousand articles were received with vidual located close to the centre of a 'value of twenty-eight thousand, six distribution with the only extra hundred dollars. For the present year. charge to him showing in the larger the value' of these articles will, it is parcel post, express, or freight . estimated, reach the approximate re- charges to his distant home.These cord mark of forty thousand dollars., latter •charges, however; were on the Can anyone gainsay this evidence, of average comparatively small and . so the necessity for our sales provision.) represented but a: very small hands- or the unqualified co-operation and ea Fti tiler, it was the function of industry of blind people? I th a de artment to stock, or be ready i Our` next article will deal' with the. p shorthome worker and his to secure at notice, all materials. Viewpoint, also' required from time to time by the the larger opportunities he has been blind home workef' and to keep a enabled to grasp through the medium ;blind on the prices and quality of of the Salesroom and its 'connections 'materials that might be available or as operated by the Canadian National, appear on the market from time to Institute for the Blind, 62-64 Baldwin time in' order that every possible ad- St:; Toronto. Branch Salesroom acts - vantage might be secured for the vibes are now being developed at• home worker and thus assist him to ,Halifax for the Maritime Division of overcome to some extent his handicap the Institute, at. Winnipeg for the in meeting the competition of more Central Western Division of the In -1 fortunate sighted producers. 2. FINISHED PRODUCTS SALES SECTION AND ITS FUNCTIONS. It was found that many homework shipping expense dor blind individuals. ers could dispose of their products _ locally and without difficulty while The PerfectQentleman. others found but small demand in Johnny; having reached his teens, their particular 'locality for the art was invited out' to dinner without his icles that they were able to produce. parents..Mother was at first doubtful It was therefore necessary to, organ- whether or no she, shoulcl- allow her ize a central agency which could pur- son to go. She was afraid that, with. chase from home workers those pro- out the influence of the maternal eye, ducts for which . there was not suffl he might disgrace.. himself. tient local demand. From this initial` ''Now, be very careful," she said, start, the sales agency developed having at last given way to his en - along advisory lines as well since they treaties. "Mind your manners, and were in a position to ascertain jtist say how mica everything is," what the public wanted and to`keep Seated at dinner Johnny was served the home workers informed as to the with soup. Having tasted it he re articles which were most in demand marked, intending to be ,gallant, and therefore could' be disposed of) "This is pretty good soup, what most readily at advantageous prices there le of it," -. for the worker. The functions of this I Ile was greatly disconcerted to see branch gradually multiplied until fin a dark frown o -n the face of his hostess ally it has become a most important and he hestened to remedy his blunder factor in the work -a -day lives of home ,by remarking: workers. It secures orders of vary- "And there's plenty of it, Ing sizes from firms, organizations la" • and individuals, distributes these ord- ers > to' blind people in their homes, peueson Maxim, noted inventor of the famous Maxim- machine gun and id that he is ,high explosives, is still very active: at the age of 71. It is said, n a number of new inventions that will revolutionize warfare. l f'1 i fv1N1r°(' 13(31\1NY '1 Dk'? e"- 4dAS �HPt,Rcifii OF 'Y'q t9 KNOW 51-i , TOE, \49,t )/2, 1'a3 �"xc.HeNN<E stitute, and at Vancouver, for the' Provinces of British Colrnnbia and .Alberta,•' in order to provide larger, connection with the trade and relieve, Cultured P.oar's, who are thus enabled to produce con- • ,The Chinese produecd "cultured". tinuously and in wholesale quantities, Pearls Years ago by inserting email, The blind home worker ships portions shat er mother of pearl into dials e ef- itch a. t Natural Resources Bulletin.: , 'rhe Natural Resources Intl- ligence Service` of the Deport•, meat of the Interior at Qt, says: The„ Sudbury nickel mining area last year produced 61,440,- 000 pounds of: nickel, valued at 318,483,000. 'rills ` was three times the quantity taken out in 1922, and the largest . output ever attained except during the war years 1915-1918, when in 1918�^:tbe, record production of. 92,507,298 pounds was turned out.. There are ;• only two other places; in Canada where nickel has been reported as of commer- cial importance; both in Ontario, at Alexo,• about 150 miles north of Sudbury, and as a constitu- ent of the Cobalt ores at Cobalt. A small deposit occurs near St. Stephen, N.B.; but it is not of commercial value. The chief competitor of Can- ada in, the nickel markets of the world is New Caledonia, an is- land in the Western Pacific ocean, 700 miles east of Queens- land. Ontario; however, at ,pres- ent produces about 80 per cent. of the world's nickel supply, the, easier' mining and the larger available supply being the chief factors in enaaling this, country_ to secure the market. The close of the war left` the sup- plies nickel. companies with large p plies of the metal on hand.; As the principal use of nickel 'has, been as an alloy in the manu- facture of armament and pro jectiles it was necessary to find new uses and new markets. This. campaign has been gradually se-• curing results, as the increased output shows. The dev opment 1 has iso add - 'ed of malleable la nicks it- of ” .arm �aneo its.z 'F tog ting it to be drawn into tubing for chemical processes and lab- oratory uses. , Nickel is but one of the_econ- omic minerals of which Canada has largely a monopoly, and the manner of its discovery and de- velopment makes a fascinating story for those interested, in the development of Canada's na- tural resources. Lucky Wedding Signs. Which is the luckiest day on' which to get married? In France, the ilrsat Friday In the month is. considered the luckiest dal, on which to celebrate the great event, but in other countries Friday is re- garded as a most unlucky day. In Scotland superstition .concerning weddings runs not so much to the day as to the various deeds which augur well or i11 for the married couple. 4 Scottish bride natty look for happiness if she 1s carried acrese the threshold of her new home, after an oatcake has, been broken over her head.. But woe betide her if the oatcake should be. 'broken by mistake—or foul design! -- over someone else's head. In the Highlands' it la considered un- lucky for a dog to pass :between the bridal couple on their way to' the church. The bride should be drivenby grey horses, and her bridegroom should wear no buckle or fastening on his left shoe .Formerly there was, a custom of shoe -throwing which was supposed to foretell who would be the next couple to celebrate their wedding day. After the departure of a' bride and bride- groom the single men.and girls formed into ,groups, and when the shoe was, thrown form one group it was the first member of the opposing group to catch it who was, destined to be the next victim of Cupid's toils, or oomplefed orders to the Salesroom freshwater mussels which .they kept for which, following close inspection In tanks. „esensr.reetese!ennee",see—sures.sasseeiese• IN RABBITBORO esleE. SAID 114 AT 'Pi\ E:R. DEWLAP CeeMe ltd fill✓. o'C-te.R PF'-( FROM HARE. lei01.,L.-OW-, AN' HE51-OPP1-fe A l C C.X G t i t'1 G Ha 5A`(5 --'• is Tri1STh \~)OMAN'$ t (C1--HAl\tcE?""'VES "51 -UE. SAYS - ?„ '�U1Ei L ,A�tb ..°ftU irta WOMAN .. ``( -5 ,°, Slab. SA`fsteamoen �-- I 'T 4:EN 'S/',`•(5 Hf. •-•" 6U .5S I'LL r -e p la{ etere Pencils for Patent Leather. Ordinary black ,pencils are made in more than fifty ;varieties, hard and soft, The variety of pencils made with different colored leads is also very considerable. But apart from these the pencil' manefneturer issues a variety of pencils made for quits special purposes. Since they are used for trade pur poses, these are rarely seen" by the general public The furniture dealer usually marks the price on a mirror with soap, but• he can purchase a pew.' ell which will write legibly on glass. There are pencils nm.de for marking prioos on, polished nietais, porcelain, oilcloth, and even patent leather. In mch case the lead: is ince le'so 'that the Mark can be easily rubbed out. Among the most interesting- pencils made is, one used. only by surgeons, Per marking cut lines or divisions on the surface ofa patient's body before performing an operation the use of to pencil is sometimes necessary, and en the .ordinary 'pencil is useless, a spa- offal one ie made which marks the skiff, as olearly as an ordinary lead peuoit. will mark a sheet of (raper, LitilizirAg Sewer Gas. • An Australian engineer has pot eeewer gas to work driving an engine, ;He built a sixteen horsepower plants and collected the gots which emanated Brom the septic tanks of his own town of Parramatta to use a.s t'uel for his en gena, The s'trpply turned out to bo se ears tl at•ihe;plant `c4),n be left to rilfl lar days at a time without any atter).-, Unlit Ie this partiogiee ieetaliatien the work is merely to pump out the sew, 9 0 itself; hut neyeetealeei' it save4. pito east et tho terah.